| A | D | E | F | |
| She's | not a | flow | er |
| A | D | |
| she isn't growing in your | garden today |
| A | E | |
| you couldn't cultivate her | anyway |
| A | D | E | F | |
| you're | not a | king b | ee |
| A | D | |
| you like honey and you're | packing a sting |
| A | E | |
| but there really isn't | such a thing |
| D | |
| you're in flight, and she smells all right |
| A | E | |
| but she's not a | flower |
| As intro x4 |
| A | D | E | F | |
| She's | not an | o | cean |
| A | D | |
| that you're an island in the | middle of |
| A | E | |
| and there isn't any | prison of love |
| A | D | E | F | |
| you're | not a | free | bird |
| A | D | |
| hey | you, up on that | mountain peak |
| A | E | |
| can't you hear what's coming | out of your beak? |
| D | |
| you can say you'll fly away |
| D | A | E | |
| but | you're not a | freebird |
| As intro x4 |
| A | D | E | F | |
| Love's | not a | pois | on |
| A | D | |
| you better find a better | reason why |
| A | E | |
| you feel like you | want to die |
| A | D | E | F | |
| a b | roke | heart won't | kill | you |
| A | D | |
| you might suffer till the | end of your days |
| A | E | |
| but that was gonna happen | anyways |
| D | |
| and | even if the love you mourn |
| A | |
| is | equal to the love you scorn |
| E | E7 | |
| and | fortune mocks the | love you gave |
| D | Dmaj7 | |
| and | someone lays her | on your grave |
| D | A | E | |
| she's not a | flower |
| Outro = intro x2 |